This History of Medicine lesson investigates how the problem of pain in surgery was solved by James Simpson through the use of chloroform as an anaesthetic. It also looks at other anaesthetics used like nitrous oxide and ether and other surgeons like Robert Liston.
This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, all clips and related tasks, information conversion task, a consolidation explain written question and a plenary.
Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.
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Medicine, Surgery & Public Health
This huge great value Medicine Through Time bundle includes: 1. Ancient Egyptian Causes & Cures 2. Ancient Egyptian Medicinal Progress 3. Renaissance Medicine 4. Pare & Surgery 5. Harvey & the Heart 6. Great Plague documentary questions 7. Industrial Revolution medicine & health 8. Simpson & chloroform / anaesthetics 9. John Snow & Cholera 10. Antiseptics: Lister, Semmelweiss & Halsted 11. The Great Stink 12. Great Stink documentary questions 13. Penicillin & Fleming 14. Penicillin & factors 15. Medicine revision game This download includes everything you need to teach these lessons - all powerpoints, clips, activities, instructions, worksheets and information sheets. Scaffolding and challenge activities are included where possible. All lessons last at least one hour and are fully editable. Activities have been designed to promote thinking and discussion. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory **SAVE £££ BY BUYING OUR GREAT VALUE BUNDLES!** **If you are happy with your resource, PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com and we’ll try to solve them for you.** We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!
Medicine & Surgery
This great value Medicine Through Time bundle includes lessons on: 1. Antiseptics & Lister 2. Simpson & Anaesthetics 3. Pare & Surgery 4. Harvey & the Heart 5. Renaissance Medicine This download includes everything you need to teach these lessons - all powerpoints, clips, activities, instructions, worksheets and information sheets. Scaffolding and challenge activities are included where possible. All lessons last at least one hour and are fully editable. Activities have been designed to promote thinking and discussion. Please take a look at our growing TES shop where you can find free or inexpensive lessons: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DiscoveringHistory **SAVE £££ BY BUYING OUR GREAT VALUE BUNDLES!** If you are happy with your resource, **PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW**! If, by any chance, you encounter any issues with the resource, please email us at **discoveringhistoryuk@gmail.com **and we’ll try to solve them for you. We have a wide range of KS3 & GCSE History lessons on their way, please keep an eye out - follow our social media pages for freebies, new resources and interesting facts! Got a lesson suggestion? Or looking for something in particular? Email us!
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